Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Dragon and her rook. Enjoy the 2000- word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Vale, Blizzard Battle of Beacon.)
Skyler heard the alarms before he rushed to the bridge, what he was greeted by was Bran and the rest of the crew responding to dozens of calls.
"What the hell is going on? Why are we on combat alert?" Skyler asked, he saw a Griffin saw by and had his question answered.
"We've gotten unknown Grimm that showed up and began besieging our positions on the edge of the city… Then the AK 130s showed up." Bran stated before one of the Atlesian Soldiers spoke up.
"Sir, we have another problem, we have White Fang soldiers coming in from the docks." The Atlesian Soldier reported before a shockwave threw them off their feet.
"And now shields are at 75% percent, sir!" The soldier said, Skyler turned to Bran and began to give orders.
"Contact General Ironwood and tell him what's going on and launch Mantas to deal with these Bullheads. They launched this attack during the tournament while our guard was down. We wasted so much time looking at the wrong person we never saw them coming…" Skyler said, he turned to Bran who was relaying orders.
"Where are Yang and Winter?" Skyler asked, Bran, turned to him, knowing Skyler would be leaving the ship and wouldn't be leading them. He knew though that Skyler would be better on the ground than he was commanding airships.
"Winter is fighting Grimm at the edge of the city and Yang got on a dropship being sent to Beacon before I knew she was gone," Bran said, Skyler nodded and left the room, Bran turned back to the crew.
"You heard Captain Azur, let's start showing these thugs they're dealing with Atlesian Soldiers," Bran said.
(At Beacon)
Yang slugged a Beowolf with her cybernetic arm, its head exploding as it was sent sliding down the walkway. Her scroll rang a minute later as she turned to see 2 Atlesian soldiers' gun down a Creep Grimm.
"Yang, you're at Beacon, right? It's Skyler." Skyler asked, Yang, put her scroll on speaker as she turned and faced an Ursa which swung at her and sent her skidding back.
She dug her arm into the ground and slid back as Ursa charged her.
She flipped into the air and fired a round into Ursa's head and then she turned and shot an explosive round from Ember Celia into Ursa's head, killing it.
"Yeah, there's been dropships showing up over and over, what's going on?" Yang asked as an Atlesian Paladin marched out from the CCT and swept the area.
"They're probably bringing civilians there to be evacuated, they struck during the tournament while nobody was expecting an attack. I'm on my way to Beacon, Winter is dealing with Grimm on the edge of the city and there's White Fang Bullheads and I've seen AK-130 droids marching through the streets. They hit during the middle of a match, which gave them the time to dig in." Skyler said, Yang, looked up to see an Atlesian Dropship crash when it was hit by a White Fang Bullhead.
"Well, the White Fang is coming here, I'm going to keep the people here safe… It's what a Huntress would do." Yang said, Skyler, chuckled and sighed.
"I can't talk you out of that, Firefly. My uncle is still around, and he'll come up with a plan, I'm sending soldiers to keep the White Fang from surrounding Beacon." Skyler said as more Beowolves with an Ursa leading them up the hill who roared at Yang.
"Just keep the Grimm back so we can get the citizens to safety, Yang," Skyler said as Yang cracked her neck and then her knuckles.
"Don't worry, Sky… That I'll have no problem with." Yang said, cocking Ember Celia.
(With Skyler)
Skyler turned to the 5 Atlesian soldiers behind him as the Manta shot down 2 Bullheads with 3 missiles. The Manta set down in time to see Yang kick a Beowolf away.
Skyler shot the other Beowolf behind her in the head with Centurion Lazuli's shotgun form.
The soldiers rushed past him as he jumped out of the Manta which flew off to fight the White Fang forces. Skyler rested his weapon on his shoulder.
"Things are going from bad to intense, I keep hearing more Grimm showing up and the White Fang have been dropping soldiers and androids everywhere they can," Skyler said, an explosion went off in the city, and Skyler and Yang looked at it.
"Where did they come from? I woke up to Bran saying a few Nevermores had gotten loose, then dozens of Grimm had shown up." Yang asked, Skyler, changed his weapon to its Zweihander's sword form and rested the blade on his shoulder.
"I don't know, but the Grimm had to be a distraction, Bran told me about Grimm that looked… Merlot, he sent in his Grimm to scare people and then the rest of the Grimm followed him in." Skyler said, Yang, turned to put a hand under her chin before asking another question.
"What about the White Fang? I started seeing Bullheads come in 5 minutes after the Grimm showed up." Yang asked, Skyler, sighed and looked at the floating arena and the massive war in the sky as Atlesian Dropships and Mantas battled Bullheads.
He also blinked at 2 Airships dropping off more Bullheads and dispensing more AK-130s from them.
"The Grimm was probably a distraction for them to move in. Merlot was planning this, he wanted us to think someone else was behind this and then he launched a massive assault on Vale while we weren't expecting." Skyler said before he turned to see a row of AK-130s rushing them.
This was when a red droid stopped them, spinning a glaive. It faced both of them as more AK-130s appeared until there was 30 behind it.
"Sky? What's that robot?" Yang asked as Skyler growled and faced the outdated and hostile Atlesian Droids and the new robot.
"Merlot." Skyler said as a voice came through the armored robot which looked nothing like the AK-130s, having 2 glowing Teal Blue eyes, a glowing 'M' on its chest, clawed feet, and red and black hexagonal plating.
"Ah, Lieutenant Azur. I'm pleased to see you here; it was so much fun setting up this experiment while watching you childishly shield that girl from Ms. Fall and my other associates." Merlot said in an Atlesian accent.
Skyler leveled his sword at them and narrowed his eyes.
"It's Captain… I should have guessed you'd try and get Yang kicked out, you get to stir up the people of Vale and go after someone I love. You haven't changed since Mt. Glenn when my uncle was a major." Skyler growled as 2 Beowolves with glowing green crystals jutting from their back and shoulders. They towered over Yang and Skyler and had glowing green eyes.
"You see, after your dear Uncle… Who sadly, won't be around long enough to be joining us…" Merlot said as Skyler growled and clenched his fist.
"After Mt. Glenn was destroyed, I relocated to Mistral where I began selling various dust products to all over Mistral… I awaited my chance for a comeback, and after seeing the tournament, I decided it should be a grand time to do so. I also decided to continue my experiments on the Grimm… All in the name of peace." Merlot said before he turned to Skyler.
"It was so easy pulling some strings and getting the White Fang to help after I told them they could destroy Vale… Now then, time to die, captain. I'll keep you alive long enough to see that girl behind you die as well. My reinforcements will be all over Beacon within a few minutes." Merlot said, he had the android turn to his troops.
"Kill them, and then make sure to bring Ozpin to me," Merlot ordered as the androids transformed their arms into blades and charged while a dozen transformed their hands into Guns.
"Have fun, Captain." Merlot said before the Merlot android charged them.
"Keep the citizens safe, these guys are mine and Yang's!" Skyler ordered the soldiers as he leaped over the barricade and was met by the Merlot android.
"Skyler!" Yang yelled before the androids rushed her, 2 of the AK-200s fired into the crowd as Yang punched one of the droids to the side, shattering it into pieces before another slashed at her.
Yang parried the blow with Ember Celica before crushing the droid's head with her cybernetic arm. She turned to the other droids before 3 were destroyed by fire from the AK-200s.
"I should be thanking you, Captain. I wouldn't have been able to do this if you hadn't tried to bring me down. I was thought to be dead by Atlas." Merlot said, Skyler growled and sliced the heads off 2 of the AK-130s. He was knocked back by a swing of the Merlot Android's glaive.
"Nobody told you to experiment on Grimm, Merlot. You were breaking dozens of laws, and you put thousands of people in danger, Atlas and Vale had warrants for your arrest all over both Kingdoms." Skyler growled as he parried a stab from the glaive and roundhouse kicked the android back.
He winced as his foot ached, but the droid slid back as he twirled the sword and rushed the machine again.
He slid at a stab at him and slashed the leg off an AK-130 as one of the Paladins and more Atlesian soldiers surged forward. He saw another stab at him before Skyler blocked it, sparks came from the sword as the blade stopped over his head.
He was punched back, and he felt his Aura shimmer, he climbed to his feet. Yang decapitated another of the AK-130s and then turned and blow a hole in another 2 more with a bullet from Ember Celica. Skyler saw the mutated Beowolves charge her.
"You get to watch Beacon fall before Vale does… And your get to live long enough to see your little girlfriend die, Captain. I want you to know, this isn't personal, I just want your uncle to know that messing with my business has consequences." Merlot said from the android as Skyler climbed to his feet and cracked his neck.
"Your nothing more than a terrorist, Merlot. I'm not going to let you get away after this, I'm going to find you and throw you in the darkest hole in Remnant." Skyler growled as Merlot chuckled.
There was a burst of energy in the sky as one of the Atlesian Cruisers fired on the others. Skyler watched in horror as the cruiser began to coast towards the ground.
"I might, but Vale will never recover from this… I'll make sure of it… Nobody will trust Atlas or Vale again after both the military and the Huntsmen fail to save it." Merlot snarled as he stabbed Skyler.
Skyler dodged it and slashed a gash in the android, sparks flew from it as Skyler twirled the oil-slicked blade.
"I'm still standing and so is Vale, old man… You're not going to stop us, not you, not your army… And not your pets." Skyler said before the android chuckled.
"No… But he might." Merlot said as a Bullhead landed and White Fang soldiers stepped out.
One of the Beowolves slashed Yang back.
Skyler watched as Adam dropped out of the Bullhead.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter is done! The end of arc 3 has begun! I also want to point out I know the battle started a bit rushed, I wanted to explain how it still happened despite Cinder's plans failing. I also want to point out Merlot will be the main villain of the story. The next chapter will show Skyler fighting Adam, until next Saturday, Lighting Wolf out!